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Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2003

Introduced: February 27, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Feb 28, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Feb 27, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 27, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E332)
Feb 27, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to replace the term "navigable waters," throughout the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting them, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.
What's happening now February 28, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4843 Related bill Federal Wetlands Jurisdiction Act of 2004
  • S 473 Identical bill Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2003
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 23 Independent 1
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Nov 18, 2004
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Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 11, 2004
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 4, 2004
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Feb 25, 2004
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Feb 11, 2004
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jan 21, 2004
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Nov 21, 2003
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Sep 5, 2003
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jul 10, 2003
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jul 10, 2003
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Sherman, Brad
California · Jun 12, 2003
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 5, 2003
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 9, 2003
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 9, 2003
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 1, 2003
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · May 1, 2003
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Apr 3, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 13, 2003
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 27, 2003
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 27, 2003
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 27, 2003
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 27, 2003
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 27, 2003
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 27, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 962: Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-962/
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"H.R. 962: Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-962/.
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H.R. 962, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-962/.
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